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98 FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON.
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that fruits formed like these , by the ovaries alone , are more liable to drop off and to suffer from unfavorable weather than those in is
which the calyx is retained to enter into their composition , as the case in the gooseberry , apple , and most other tribes ; but , when their course does run smoothbSeptember these blossoms have
matured into little violet-skinned , azure y -bloomed balls scarcely larger than a fine black currant , so austere that tliey can scarcely be eaten
until somewhat mellowed hy frost , and held in so little esteem even b allowed y omnivorous to rank children upon the , that list of it fruits is onl . y In by Fr courtesy ance they they are p can ickled be ,
while unripe , in salt and vinegar , as a substitute for olives ; and when ri the pe lower are fermented classes , thoug with h water hy no , to means form wholesome a beverage internal to much be obstructions taken drunk habi by
contributes Properl tually , y its fermented acid occasionall astringent , the to sloe the qualities makes adulteration a causing wine not of unlike that much new port mystified , and . y
to compound the same ; use while to the which sc 7 they maps- devote lovin . g Germans almost every and thing Russian of a s put fruity it
nature which comes in their way , and contrive to distil a spirit from it . Its juice may further be used as a marking-ink , for it
thoug source gives h a of the stain autumnal plum to linen tribe diarrhoea or are woollen often this looked which head on cannot of with the terror be famil washe as d the is out so fruitful ; emi and - y
nently famed for the contrary , effect , that its expressed juice is used in specific pharmacy against , and that its bottled complaint fruit . in The domestic essential practice properties for , as the almost flowers of the a
p are lant moderatel vary strangel y purgative y at different ; the fruit stages , when of growth first , ripe , extremely astringentyet soon lose that characterand when very fully ripe
become decidedl , y laxative . The bark is used , in tanning ; it affords , in conjunction with alkali , a yellow dye , and with sulphate of iron
a fine black ink , and is also employed in intermittent fevers as a tolerably efficient substitute for Peruvian bark . The upright
branchless shoots of the sloe are more used throughout Europe than any other wood for walking sticks , the glossy , horse-chestnut colored
bark needing no polish , and the bases of tlie thorns variegating _^ it with a beautiful appearance as of knots .
One sloe , the double-flowering variety , is exalted above all others in to May a well it -merited is scarcel place surpassed in the garden in beauty , for by in its any blossoming vernal blooming season
shrub covered , its with slender charmin y shoots little , ten white or twelve double- feet blossoms high , about being the thickly size
of a sixpence , and resembling g miniature roses . It is a _sioecial favorite in China , and according to Kcempfer , is cultivated in Japan ,
on account of its flowers , with such success , that they acquire the size of a large double roseand are so abundant as to cover the
whole tree with a surface of , snowy whiteness speckled with
bloodred . " These trees / ' says he , " are the finest of their ornaments ;
98 Fruits In Their Season.
98 FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1861, page 98, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101861/page/26/
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